Pigment dispersing hormone modulates spontaneous electrical activity of the cerebroid ganglion and synchronizes electroretinogram circadian rhythm in crayfish Procambarus clarkii

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• 作者：Hé ; ctor Solí ; s-Chagoyá ; n^a ; Ramó ; n Alvarado^b ; Alejandra Figueroa^b ; Leonor Mendoza-Vargas^b ; Beatriz Fuentes-Pardo^b ; ^{bfpardo@servidor.unam.mx}
• 关键词：Cerebroid ganglion ; Crayfish ; ERG circadian rhythm ; Non-photic synchronization ; Pigment dispersing hormone
• 刊名：Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A ; Molecular & Integrative Physiology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：23_10956433
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：161
• 期：4
• 页码：450-455
• 文件大小：1752 K

摘要

In crayfish, one very well-studied circadian rhythm is that of electroretinogram (ERG) amplitude. The cerebroid ganglion has been considered a plausible site for the circadian pacemaker of this rhythm and for the retinular photoreceptors, as the corresponding effectors. The pigment dispersing hormone (PDH) appears to synchronize ERG rhythm, but its characterization as a synchronizer cue remains incomplete. The main purposes of this work were a) to determine whether PDH acts on the cerebroid ganglion, and b) to complete its characterization as a non-photic synchronizer. Here we show that PDH increases the number of the spontaneous potentials of the cerebroid ganglion, reaching 149.92 卤 6.42%of the activity recorded in the controls, and that daily application of PDH for 15 consecutive days adjusts the ERG circadian rhythm period to 24.0 卤 0.2 h and the end of the activity period of the rhythm coincides with the injection of the hormone. In this work, we hypothesized that in crayfish, PDH transmits the 鈥渄ay鈥?signal to the ERG circadian system and acts upon both the presumptive circadian pacemaker and the corresponding effectors to reinforce the synchronization of the system.